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Swiss Confederation President Leuthard begins her India visit today
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 31 (ANI): The President of the Swiss Confederation Doris Leuthard is on a three-day visit to India, beginning from today, to strengthen bilateral, global and regional issues of mutual interest.
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Three killed in plane crash at Switzerland summer camp
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Graubünden [Switzerland], August 4 (ANI): Three persons including two 14-year-old campers and a pilot were reportedly killed in a plane crash at an aviation summer camp in Switzerland.
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Disqualifying Sharif worst judgement in Pak judicial history: UKPNP Chairm
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bern [Switzerland], July 29 (ANI): The exiled Chairman of United Kashmir People`s National Party (UKPNP), Sardar Shaukat Ali Kashmiri, has termed the Pakistan Supreme Court's verdict of disqualifying Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as the worst judgement in the country's judicial hist
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Five injured in chainsaw attack in Swiss town of Schaffhausen
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Schaffhausen [Switzerland], July 24 (ANI): Five persons were injured after a man carrying a chainsaw attacked people in an office building in the Swiss town of Schaffhausen on Monday.
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Euro 2017: Austria marks historic win over Switzerland
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [U.K.], July. 19 (ANI): Austria marked a dream debut at the European Championship by crushing Switzerland with a 1-0 drubbing in group C in the Dutch city of Deventer.
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2.1 billion people lack safe drinking water at home, more than twice as ma
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland]/New York[United States], July 13 (ANI): Some three in ten people worldwide, or 2.1 billion, lack access to safe, readily available water at home, and 6 in 10, or 4.5 billion, lack safely managed sanitation, according to a new report by WHO and UNICEF.
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Sania Mirza bows out of Wimbledon's women's doubles event
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], July 11 (ANI): Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Belgian partner Kirsten Flipkens crashed out of the Wimbledon's women's doubles event after suffering a straight-sets defeat against Switzerland's Martina Hingis and Chan Yung-jan of Taiwan in the Round of 16 Ma
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UN Human Rights Council to review Pakistan's human rights record
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland] Jul. 9 (ANI): Alarmed over reports of the deteriorating human rights situation across Pakistan, and particularly in the country's Sindh Province, the United Nations Human Rights Council has said that it will undertake a thorough two-day review of Islamabad's h
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WHO declares end of Ebola outbreak in Congo
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 3 (ANI): The World Health Organisation has declared an end of the most recent outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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'Attack on freedom of expression': UN slams Gulf's demand t
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 30 (ANI): The United Nations has voiced concern over Gulf nations 'unacceptable attack on the right to freedom of expression and opinion' by demanding Qatar to shut down Al Jazeera network, as well as other affiliated media outlets.
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European human rights activists criticise China's bullying of Bhutan
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 29 (ANI): China's threat to the sovereignty of Bhutan and its unilateral action to alter the status quo on bilateral boundary issues related to the Doklam Plateau has been strongly criticized by human rights activists in Europe and in other parts of the world.
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Yoga on Alps: Ram Madhav spreads PM Modi's message on Swiss Alps
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Zurich [Switzerland] [India], June 25 (ANI): 'Jungfraujoch', situated at a height of 11,371 feet in the Swiss Alps, hosted a unique event on Saturday organized by Indo-Swiss Center, Switzerland, where hundreds of travelers from all over the world performed Yoga to celebrate the eth
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